Africa News Update
Madagascar: SADC leaders want to bar Ravalomana from elections
Cape Town (South Africa) — Southern African leaders want to bar Madagascar's deposed president, Marc Ravalomanana, from standing in new elections - despite condemning as unconstitutional his ousting in 2009. Read >
Thursday, 13 December 2012
AllAfrica.com
Madagascar: SADC puts its foot down on Ravalomana's murder amnesty
Johannesburg (South Africa) - Deposed president Marc Ravalomanana's failed bid to return to Madagascar, where he has been been convicted in abstentia of ordering troops to fire on protesters, has lit a fire beneath Southern African Development Community (SADC) negotiators, who now aim to clear the way for his return by the end of February, by which time legislation granting him amnesty is expected to be finalised. Read >
Thursday, 26 January 2012
Mail & Guardian (South Africa)
Madagascar: Ravalomanana's return up in the air
"This is Madagascar," said Marc Ravalomanana, wistfully, pointing out the window of the flight intended to take the deposed president of Madagascar back home after three years of exile in South Africa. Read >
Monday, 23 January 2012
Mail & Guardian (South Africa), by Niren Tolsi
Madagascar: Former president in another attempt to return home
Antananarivo (Madagascar) — Former Madagascar president Marc Ravalomanana on Wednesday announced that he would return to the Indian Ocean Island on Saturday. Read >
Friday, 20 January 2012
The Nation (Kenya), by Rivonala Razafison
Madagascar: Renewed hope as Prime Minister takes office
Tshwane/Pretoria (South Africa) - Efforts to resolve Madagascar's two-year political crisis received a major boost with last week's appointment of a new Prime Minister, Omer Beriziky. Read >
Tuesday, 08 November 2011
Institute for Security Studies (ISS)
Madagascar: Ravalomanana's fate bedevils talks
The return to Madagascar of its deposed and exiled president, Marc Ravalomanana, is creating profound division among the political formations which met in Botswana this week to find a way out of the country's political crisis. Read >
Thursday, 09 June 2011
AllAfrica.com
Madagascar: Coup attempt coincides with referendum
Johannesburg (South Africa) - A coup attempt, coinciding with a referendum on a new constitution held amid widespread speculation that two exiled former presidents will return within days, is propelling Madagascar into a situation where "anything can happen", an analyst told IRIN. Read >
Thursday, 18 November 2010
UN Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN)
Madagascar: A year of crisis (analysis)
Antananarivo (Madagascar) - Madagascar's political deadlock masks an increasingly fragile humanitarian situation that will keep deteriorating if no solution to the ongoing crisis is found. A year after former President Marc Ravalomanana was forced from power by current President Andry Rajoelina and part of the army, the country is still without an internationally recognized government. Read >
Thursday, 18 March 2010
UN Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN)
Madagascar: African Union imposes sanctions
Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) — The African Union peace and Security Council has imposed sanctions against the Madagascar government on travel ban and diplomatic isolation. The AU hinted that economic sanctions were on the pipeline. Read >
Thursday, 18 March 2010
The Nation (Kenya)